Who: Dr. Dog
What: The Dr. Dog 4×4
Where: Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North Sixth St., 718-486-5400, and Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St., 212-533-2111
When: January 9-12 at Music Hall of Williamsburg, January 14-17 at Bowery Ballroom, $25-$35
Why: Philly six-piece celebrates next week’s release of its first concert album, Live at a Flamingo Hotel (the Anti- two-LP set can currently be streamed here), featuring live versions of songs from such albums as 2002’s Toothbrush, 2007’s We All Belong, 2008’s Fate, 2010’s Shame, Shame, 2012’s Be the Void, and 2013’s B-Room, playing Music Hall of Williamsburg with Twain (1/9), the Districts (1/10), Elvis Perkins in Dearland (1/11), and mewithoutyou (1/12) and Bowery Ballroom with Roadkill Ghost Choir (1/14), mewithoutyou (1/15), Yellerkin (1/16), and Field Mouse (1/17)
this week in music
VIDEO OF THE DAY: “HEAVENLY ALL” BY INVISIBLE FAMILIARS
Who: Invisible Familiars
What: Friday-night January residency in Brooklyn
Where: Bar LunÀtico, 486 Halsey St., 718-513-0339, and Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway, 718-599-5800
When: Friday, January 9, 16, and 23 at Bar LunÀtico, followed by release party January 30 at Baby’s All Right
Why: Invisible Familiars leader Jared Samuel has returned from his houseboat with the band’s debut album, Disturbing Wildlife (Other Music, January 27, 2015), which channels ’60s psychedelia and ’70s glam rock through a decidedly twenty-first-century filter; Samuel, guitarist Robbie Mangano, and drummer Tim Kuhl will be previewing songs from the disc, which includes such tracks as “Clever Devil,” “Elaine Serene,” “Bestial Western,” and “New Mutation Boogie” and guest appearances by Nels Cline, Jolie Holland, Yuka Honda & Miho Hatori, and Stuart Bogie, Friday nights in Brooklyn, first at Bar LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, then with a big blow-out at Baby’s All Right in Williamsburg.
VIDEO OF THE DAY: “ONE GIRL / ONE BOY” BY !!!
Who: !!! (Chk Chk Chk)
What: Sacramento-Brooklyn dance-punk band plays four-night stand in its East Coast home borough, with DJ Mister Saturday Night (1/7), DJ Van Rivers (1/8), Cheap Shots with J. and Jay (1/9), and DJ Degal and !!! DJs (1/10)
Where: Union Pool, 484 Union Ave.
When: January 7-10, $10, 9:00
Why: Always fun group behind such albums as Myth Takes, THR!!!ER, and Strange Weather, Isn’t It? is promising a big year, “because 2015 is gonna be our year, and u want to say u started it off with us. and if u don’t then please please please have a very good time doing whatever it is u do to start the year.”
VIDEO OF THE DAY: “COPPERHEAD ROAD” BY STEVE EARLE AND SHAWN COLVIN
Who: Steve Earle
What: Annual Winter Residency
Where: City Winery, 155 Varick St. between Spring & Vandam Sts., 212-608-0555
When: Monday, January 5, 12, 19, 26, $45-$75, 8:00
Why: Folk-rock troubadour Steve Earle, whose next album with the Dukes, Terraplane, comes out on February 17, teams up with special guests every Monday in January at City Winery, beginning with Willie Watson on January 5, followed by Shawn Colvin and Kate Davis on January 12, Willie Mason on January 19, and Willie Nile on January 26
LIVE WEBCAST OF TIMES SQUARE NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION
Who: Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment
What: Six-hour commercial-free live webcast, preceded by highlights from last year’s celebration
Where: Times Square
When: Wednesday, December 31, free, 6:00 pm – 12:15 am
Why: Annual New Year’s Eve celebration in the Crossroads of the World, beginning with the ball raising at 6:00, behind-the scenes stories, live performances by O.A.R., American Authors, Alejandra Guzmán, and Jencarlos Canela, a military salute by the USO Show Troupe, and more, hosted by Allison Hagendorf with correspondents Maggie Rulli, Andrea Boehlke, and Jeremy Hassell, and celebrity guests, concluding with Waterford Crystal ball drop at midnight
THE TV SHOW: TONY VISCONTI & FRIENDS
Who: Uber-producer, musician, and singer Tony Visconti (T Rex, David Bowie, Thin Lizzy, the Moody Blues, Adam Ant, Morrissey, Kristeen Young, etc.)
What: The TV Show
Where: City Winery, 155 Varick St. between Spring & Vandam Sts., 212-608-0555
When: Saturday, January 3, $30-$42, 8:00, followed by meet and greet, $45, 10:00
Why: Super-producer Tony Visconti takes the stage at City Winery, playing bass with Gerry Leonard on guitar, Joe McGinty on keyboards, Dennis Diken on drums, and Everett Bradley on vocals, joined by special guests Richard Barone, Suzanne Vega, Kiah Victoria, Larkin Grimm, Nakia, and others performing songs by Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Morrissey, Justin Hayward, and Mick “Woody” Woodmansey
FIRST SATURDAY: “CROSSING BROOKLYN” ARTISTS’ CHOICE
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway at Washington St.
Saturday, January 3, free, 5:00 – 11:00
212-864-5400
www.brooklynmuseum.org
The Brooklyn Museum welcomes in 2015 by handing over the reins of its free monthly First Saturdays program to several of the artists featured in “Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond,” which concludes on January 4. The night before, curators Eugenie Tsai and Rujeko Hockley will discuss the exhibition at 5:30, “Crossing Brooklyn” artist Linda Goode Bryant will talk about urban farming at 6:15, jazz percussionist Ches Smith will activate David Horvitz’s forty-seven suspended bells as part of a site-specific musical composition at 6:30, and BFAMFAPhD (Blair Murphy, Susan Jahoda, and Vicky Virgin) will delve into the nature of creativity and debt at 7:15. “‘Crossing Brooklyn’ Artists’ Choice” also features live performances by Snarky Puppy, DJ Selly and DJ Asen from Fon, ventriloquist Nigel “Docta Gel” Dunkley (telling the story of Cindy Hot Chocolate from Geltown), immersive dance company Ani Taj and the Dance Cartel, Fela! veterans Chop and Quench led by Sahr Ngaujah, and spoken word poets Corina Copp, Patricia Spears Jones, Rickey Laurentiis, and Charles North as well as Greg Barris’s “Heart of Darkness” comedy showcase with Janeane Garofalo and Ilana Glazer, a print-making art workshop, a creative writing workshop led by Jaime Shearn Coan, and D’hana Perry’s multimedia improvisational “LOOSE.” In addition, you can check out such exhibitions as “Revolution! Works from the Black Arts Movement,” “Judith Scott — Bound and Unbound,” and “Chitra Ganesh: Eyes of Time.”